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Outsider notes that former Financial Services Council (FSC) policy executive and long-time political aspirant, Senator Andrew Bragg, delivered his maiden speech in the Se...
Superannuation
The average and medium establishment balances for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) have seen a 38 per cent increase to $521,000, compared to $370,000 in the previous four...
Superannuation
AMP Capital has announced a number of updates to its ethical superannuation fund which included a new fund name, AMP Capital Ethical leaders....
Superannuation
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has called for the Superannuation Guarantee to be raised to 12 per cent rather than held at 9.5 per cent in order to p...
Superannuation
More than 440 AMP superannuation customers have demanded to have their cancelled insurance cover reinstated, while more than 5,000 supposedly ‘inactive’ and low balance c...
Superannuation
Spouse split contributions can boost women’s super and July is the best time of year to consider filing a superannuation contributions splitting application, according to...
Life/Risk
The Association of Financial Advisers has warned that a significant unintended consequence of the Government’s changes to insurance inside superannuation will be an incre...
Life/Risk
Serious questions have been raised about whether the Government even understood the existence of hundreds of thousands of ‘risk-only’ superannuation fund members when it ...
Funds management
Christian Super has become the first super fund in Australia which will be offering an ethically-screened index shares investment option....
Superannuation
The Federal Government has been urged to significantly extend the timeframes for the introduction of its further measures on insurance inside superannuation in circumstan...
Superannuation
The commencement date for switching off insurance inside super for low balance accounts should be deferred to 1 October, this year, according to a leading superannuation ...
Policy & Regulation
Despite the Government’s moves on deeming rates, the Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg has ruled out any immediate changes to the superannuation draw-down rules....
Funds management
Funds SA, the investment manager owned by the Government of South Australia, has awarded a $34 billion mandate to Northern Trust....
Features
Planning for the times beyond your own existence is always a grim prospect, but Chris Dastoor writes that being organised will help reduce unnecessary heartache and hassl...
Superannuation
Issues when seeking face-to-face financial advice is the number one unresolved problem most super fund members have when engaging with their funds, with funds’ advice off...
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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...